diff --git a/pkg/count/counters_test.go b/pkg/count/counters_test.go
index 10e0fcbb..207df28d 100644
--- a/pkg/count/counters_test.go
+++ b/pkg/count/counters_test.go
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/scylladb/gemini/pkg/count"
 )
 
-var rnd = rand.New(rand.NewSource(uint64(time.Now().Unix())))
-
 func TestSimpleCounters(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	countersInfo := []count.Info{{
@@ -106,6 +104,7 @@ func TestTotalCounters(t *testing.T) {
 
 func scOperations(counters count.SimpleCounters, adds int) {
 	cl := len(counters)
+	rnd := rand.New(rand.NewSource(uint64(time.Now().Unix())))
 	for c := 0; c < adds; c++ {
 		counters[rnd.Intn(cl)].Inc()
 		counters[rnd.Intn(cl)].Get()
@@ -122,6 +121,7 @@ func getSimpleCounterSum(counters count.SimpleCounters) int {
 
 func totalCounterOperations(counters count.TotalCounters, adds int) {
 	cl := len(counters)
+	rnd := rand.New(rand.NewSource(uint64(time.Now().Unix())))
 	for c := 0; c < adds; c++ {
 		n := rnd.Intn(10)
 		counters[rnd.Intn(cl)].Inc(n)